Bible Location
Meaning: that beholds the heart · 2 cross references · Modern-day map available
Shaalbim was a town associated with Dan and later with forced labor under the monarchy. It is important because it reflects both incomplete conquest and later state control. First appears in Judg 1:35.1
AI summary: Shaalbim matters because its references span two different stages of Israel's history. Judges remembers the difficulty of displacing earlier inhabitants there, while Kings places the area within Solomon's organized labor districts. The cross references present Shaalbim as a town of contested possession and later royal administration.1
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Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.